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Boomtown Historic District

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Boomtown's central core is along Virginia, West Virginia and Faulkner Avenues, centering on the fountain at Virginia and Faulkner. The area consists of primarily middle-class Victorian-style houses, in contrast to the more modest working-class houses on the opposite side of Winchester Avenue. The
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Industrial buildings include the former homes of the Shenandoah Pants Company, Brooklyn Brass Works and the Interwoven Mills. The Crawford Woolen and Cashmere Mills stand along Stephen Street.
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greatest building activity took place after 1891, when the Martinsburg Mining and Manufacturing Company developed the area in conjunction with the opening of streetcar service.
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Roughly along Winchester Ave. to Arden Rd., W. King St. to Red Hill Rd., W. Stephen, W. Addition St, and Raleigh Sts.,
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
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The area was designated a historic district in 1980. It includes the separately-listed
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property in Berkeley County, West Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
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Berkeley County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Boomtown Historic District is located in West Virginia
Boomtown Historic District is located in the United States
Martinsburg, West Virginia
39°27′6″N 77°58′44″W / 39.45167°N 77.97889°W / 39.45167; -77.97889
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Martinsburg, West Virginia
textile mills
Abell-Kilbourn House


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Boom Town Historic Districts"
"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Abell-Kilbourn House"
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
West Virginia
Contributing property
Keeper of the Register
Historic district
History of the National Register of Historic Places

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